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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 889 

Supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Domestic Violence 

Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence and its devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence in the 

United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MOORE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 

FUDGE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the 

sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 

should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence 

and its devastating effects on individuals, families, and 

communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence in the United States. 


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Whereas domestic violence affects people of all ages as well 

as racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; 

Whereas females are disproportionately victims as one in four 

women will experience domestic violence at some point in 

her life; 

Whereas on average, more than three women are murdered 

by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States 

every day; 

Whereas women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates, 

per capita, of intimate partner violence; 

Whereas about 1 in 5 women who ever experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, first 

experienced some form of partner violence between 11 

and 17 years of age; 

Whereas nearly 1 in 3 college women say they have been in 

an abusive dating relationship; 

Whereas 1 out of 3 Native American women will be raped 

and 6 out of 10 will be physically assaulted in their lifetimes; 

Whereas the cost of intimate partner violence exceeds 

$5,800,000,000 each year, $4,100,000 of which is for direct medical and mental health care services; 

Whereas of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds 

were killed by their intimate partners; 

Whereas one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims 

report that they have lost a job due, at least in part, to 

domestic violence; 

Whereas some landlords deny housing to victims of domestic 

violence who have protection orders or evict victims of doVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Sep 23, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR889.IH HR889

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mestic violence for seeking help after a domestic violence 

incident, such as by calling 911, or who have other indications that they are domestic violence victims; 

Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 

physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 

Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current 

or former male partner are also physically abused by that 

partner; 

Whereas 98 percent of abusive relationships include financial 

abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abusive relationship; 

Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each day is 

lost due to domestic violence issues; 

Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work due to abuse; 

Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year and 90 percent of these children are eyewitnesses to violence; 

Whereas at least 10,000,000 children are exposed to domestic 

violence each year; 

Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely 

to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away 

from home, and become a victim of human trafficking; 

Whereas one large study found that men exposed to physical 

abuse, sexual abuse, and adult domestic violence as children were almost four times more likely than other men 

to have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; 

Whereas nearly 1,500,000 high school students nationwide 

experienced physical abuse from a dating partner; 


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Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a relationship report being hit or hurt by their partners; 

Whereas adolescent girls who reported dating violence were 

60 percent more likely to report one or more suicide attempts in the past year; 

Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary 

schools, and post-secondary schools to educate students 

about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; 

Whereas a recently released multi-State study shows that the 

Nation’s domestic violence shelters are addressing victims’ urgent and long-term needs and are helping victims 

protect themselves and their children; 

Whereas a 2015 National Census Survey reported that 

71,828 violence victims were served by domestic violence 

shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; 

Whereas an additional 12,197 people requested help that day, 

but due to lack of resources, they were unable to be 

served; 

Whereas there is a need to increase funding for programs 

aimed at intervening and preventing domestic violence in 

the United States; 

Whereas domestic shelters and programs experience increased 

demands for service, 80 percent report cuts in funding; 

and 

Whereas individuals and organizations that are dedicated to 

preventing and ending domestic violence should be recognized: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

2 Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and 

3 (2) expresses the sense of the House of Rep4 resentatives that Congress should continue to raise 

5 awareness of domestic violence and its devastating 

6 effects on individuals, families, and communities, 

7 and support programs designed to end domestic vio8 lence in the United States. 

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